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A05305 Summary:

A05305 Actions:

A05305 Committee Votes:

Committee:TRANSPORTATION   Chair:Perry      
DATE:05/08/2018AYE/NAY:20/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Gantt
Excused
McDonough
Aye
Perry
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ra
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
DiPietro
Absent
Crespo
Aye
Murray
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Friend
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Byrne
Aye
Skoufis
Aye
Steck
Excused
Brindisi
Excused
Simon
Aye
Jean-Pierre
Aye
Hunter
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Williams
Aye
Ryan
Aye
Wright
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:05/22/2018AYE/NAY:29/0  Action: Favorable         
Weinstein
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Schimminger
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Gantt
Excused
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Glick
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Walter
Aye
Perry
Aye
Montesano
Excused
Colton
Aye
Curran
Aye
Cook
Aye
Ra
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Hooper
Excused
Thiele
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Excused
Benedetto
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Aye
Ramos
Excused
Braunstein
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Simotas
Aye

A05305 Floor Votes:

A05305 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         5305--B
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 7, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee --
          recommitted to the Committee  on  Transportation  in  accordance  with
          Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the state finance law,
          in relation to the issuance of distinctive Down's  syndrome  awareness
          license plates and the creation of the "Down's syndrome research fund"
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 404-ee to read as follows:
     3    §  404-ee.  Distinctive  Down's syndrome awareness license plates.  1.
     4  Any person residing in this state  shall,  upon  request,  be  issued  a
     5  distinctive  license  plate  in support of Down's syndrome awareness and
     6  research bearing the phrase "Down's Syndrome Awareness"  and  any  other
     7  phrases  and  design approved by the commissioner.  Application for said
     8  license plate shall be filed with the  commissioner  in  such  form  and
     9  detail as the commissioner shall prescribe.
    10    2. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
    11  in  the same manner as other number plates upon the payment of the regu-
    12  lar registration fee prescribed by section  four  hundred  one  of  this
    13  article;  provided, however, that an additional annual service charge of
    14  twenty-five dollars shall be charged for such plates.
    15    3. Each twenty-five dollars received  as  the  annual  service  charge
    16  under  this  section  shall  be  deposited  to the credit of the "Down's
    17  syndrome research fund" established pursuant to  section  ninety-nine-ee
    18  of  the  state  finance  law  and  shall be used for research undertaken
    19  pursuant to section ninety-nine-ee of the state finance law.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09103-04-8
        A. 5305--B                          2
 
     1    § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-ee to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 99-ee. Down's syndrome research fund. 1. There is hereby established
     4  in the joint custody of the commissioner of taxation and finance and the
     5  comptroller a fund to be known as the "Down's syndrome research fund".
     6    2.  Such  fund  shall  consist  of  all  revenues received pursuant to
     7  section four hundred four-ee of the vehicle  and  traffic  law  and  all
     8  other  moneys  appropriated,  credited  or  transferred thereto from any
     9  other fund or source pursuant to law.  Nothing contained in this section
    10  shall prevent the state from receiving grants, gifts or bequests for the
    11  purposes of the fund as defined in this section and depositing them into
    12  the fund according to law.
    13    2-a. On or before the first day of February each year, the comptroller
    14  shall certify to the governor, temporary president of the senate, speak-
    15  er of the assembly, chair of the senate finance committee and  chair  of
    16  the  assembly ways and means committee, the amount of money deposited in
    17  the Down's syndrome research fund during the preceding calendar year  as
    18  the  result  of revenue derived pursuant to section four hundred four-ee
    19  of the vehicle and traffic law and from grants, gifts and bequests.
    20    2-b. On or before the first day of February each year, the commission-
    21  er of the  office  for  people  with  developmental  disabilities  shall
    22  provide  a  written  report  to  the  temporary president of the senate,
    23  speaker of the assembly, chair of the senate finance committee, chair of
    24  the assembly ways and means committee, chair of the senate committee  on
    25  mental  health  and  developmental  disabilities,  chair of the assembly
    26  committee on mental health, the state comptroller and the  public.  Such
    27  report shall include how the monies of the fund were utilized during the
    28  preceding calendar year, and shall include:
    29    (i)  the amount of money disbursed from the fund and the award process
    30  used for such disbursements;
    31    (ii) recipients of awards from the fund;
    32    (iii) the amount awarded to each;
    33    (iv) the purposes for which such awards were granted; and
    34    (v) a summary financial plan for such monies which shall include esti-
    35  mates of all receipts and all disbursements for the current and succeed-
    36  ing fiscal years, along with the actual results from  the  prior  fiscal
    37  year.
    38    3.  Monies  of  the  fund  shall  be expended only for Down's syndrome
    39  research projects approved by the office for people  with  developmental
    40  disabilities  in  New  York  state.  As  used  in this section, the term
    41  "Down's syndrome research project" means scientific research approved by
    42  the office for people with developmental disabilities into  the  causes,
    43  prevention, screening, treatment and cure of Down's syndrome.
    44    4.  Monies  shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of
    45  the comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by  the  commissioner
    46  of the office for people with developmental disabilities.
    47    5.  To  the  extent  practicable,  the  commissioner of the office for
    48  people with developmental disabilities  shall  ensure  that  all  monies
    49  received  during  a  fiscal  year  are expended prior to the end of that
    50  fiscal year.
    51    § 3. 1. A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-ee  of
    52  the  vehicle and traffic law shall only be designed, produced and issued
    53  upon the delivery to the department of motor vehicles of a  surety  bond
    54  in  the  amount  of  six  thousand dollars, which shall be executed by a
    55  surety company authorized by the department  of  financial  services  to
    56  transact  business in this state. Provided, however, that if the commis-
        A. 5305--B                          3
 
     1  sioner of motor vehicles shall have  received  prior  to  plate  design,
     2  production and issuance at least two hundred orders for such distinctive
     3  plate  together  with the additional annual service charge applicable to
     4  each  such  order,  which  shall  be non-refundable, no such surety bond
     5  shall be required.  All  service  charges  collected  pursuant  to  this
     6  section  shall be deposited pursuant to the provisions of section 404-oo
     7  of the vehicle and traffic law to the credit of the department of  motor
     8  vehicles  distinctive plate development fund established by section 95-g
     9  of the state finance law and shall be used for the  design,  production,
    10  advertising and distribution of distinctive license plates in accordance
    11  with such section 95-g.
    12    2.  If, upon the expiration of two years following the date upon which
    13  distinctive plates in the  series  are  first  available  for  sale  two
    14  hundred  or more sets of such plates are sold, a bond delivered pursuant
    15  to this section shall be discontinued. If fewer than two hundred sets of
    16  such plates are sold by such time,  the  department  of  motor  vehicles
    17  shall be entitled to recover against the bond in an amount proportionate
    18  to such shortfall.
    19    § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    20  it  shall  have become a law; provided, however that section two of this
    21  act shall take effect immediately; and provided  further,  however  that
    22  effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
    23  or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
    24  tive  date  are  authorized  and directed to be made and completed on or
    25  before such effective date.